Experience the Magic of Science this Holiday Season

December 4th – 31st

Experiment with magnets and static electricity to discover the science behind illusions and magic tricks. Create your own wizard’s wand and a disappearing map with invisible ink! In our Planetarium, learn about holiday traditions in the Season of Lights show, or relive the magic of the first two Harry Potter films.

HOT COCOA TO GO BAR

Just add hot water to this take-home treat to enjoy a warm, chocolatey beverage full of your favorite festive toppings!

Saturdays and Sundays beginning 12/11

Also December 23rd & 24th, December 26th – 30th.

Included with Museum Admission.

SCIENCE OF SANTA

Get ready for Professor Proton’s premiere exhibit on the Science of Santa. Follow a series of experiments from cookie crumb analysis to reindeer hoof print tracking as the Professor attempts to prove just how Santa is able to work his magic. Professor Proton assures us that “we’ll get to the bottom of these magical claims surrounding the jolly old elf. We shall see about the flying reindeers and the ho-ho-ho’s and the comin’ down the chimney. No sugar cookie will be left unturned!” But will he manage it? Find out starting December 11th in the museum’s lobby!

HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER’S STONE

Rated ‘PG’
Length: 2h 32m

Adaptation of the first of J.K. Rowling’s popular children’s novels about Harry Potter, a boy who learns on his eleventh birthday that he is the orphaned son of two powerful wizards and possesses unique magical powers of his own. He is summoned from his life as an unwanted child to become a student at Hogwarts, an English boarding school for wizards. There, he meets several friends who become his closest allies and help him discover the truth about his parents’ mysterious deaths.

HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS

Rated ‘PG’
Length: 2h 41m

Forced to spend his summer holidays with his muggle relations, Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) gets a real shock when he gets a surprise visitor: Dobby (Toby Jones) the house-elf, who warns Harry against returning to Hogwarts, for terrible things are going to happen. Harry decides to ignore Dobby’s warning and continues with his pre-arranged schedule. But at Hogwarts, strange and terrible things are indeed happening. Harry is suddenly hearing mysterious voices from inside the walls, muggle-born students are being attacked, and a message scrawled on the wall in blood puts everyone on his or her guard, “The Chamber Of Secrets Has Been Opened. Enemies Of The Heir, Beware”

SEASON OF LIGHT

Length: 30 Minutes

This planetarium show traces the history and development of many of the world’s most endearing holiday customs, all of which involve lighting up the winter season — from the burning Yule log, sparkling Christmas tree lights and candles in windows, to the lighting of luminarias in the American Southwest and the traditional ritual of the Hanukkah Menorah.